Wednesday, April 15, 2009

5x13, "Some Like It Hoth"

It's funny: Damon and Carlton on their latest podcast said this episode would serve as a breather, a chance for some laughs, right before things got really serious on the road to the Finale. Well... somehow despite focussing on a character with father issues (on LOST? NO FRAKKIN WAY!) who can talk to the dead the show did indeed deliver on a couple chuckles. It's an odd choice to make Miles' centric the humorous one of the season... I wonder if his episode was a part of the strike shortended Season 4 as planned how his backstory would've been told. EVERYONE having daddy issues or mommy issues) is getting tiring but it gave us a chance to see Miles soften up and better get to know Candle/Waxman/Pierre Chang.

*So... the hatch is being built yet it's already doing it's thing, causing someone's filling to dislodge and kill it's owner from the inside out. Hate to say but I think that would've made an interesting visual if we got to see it. But what does this mean: is the crazy magnetism of the Swan already in full effect? Does it just get worse when the hatch is built over it?

*Still not quite sure what to make of Jack... he seems to really just be hanging around for the sake of hanging around.

*I think the crazy would-be kidnappers were just Ben's people. Shame they cost Miles that fish taco. I love fish tacos.

*Now after finally getting the Miles episode, is anyone disappointed? I mean, I thought we'd get a lot more. I would've had him wander around the Island just talking to dead people, just filling the whole episode with cameos by former cast members. Maybe throw a twist in at the end with some spectacular reveal from a dead corpse. I mean imagine if he hung around the Caves and listened to Adam and Eve or went to the Black Rock. There's tons of stuff that could've been revealed here. I'm not going to call it a lost opportunity because these moments could still come. But with fewer and fewer episodes left it'll probably just be random moments.

*Next week: CLIP SHOW! They teased it'll be done in a way we've never seen before which usually means it'll be painful to watch.

*Two weeks from now: "The Variable" apparently starring Farraday.

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